Climate Change And Northern Fish Populations

These documents summarize some of the recent studies of the relationships among climate, the aquatic environment, and the dynamics of fish populations. The studies are mostly from the North Pacific ocean, but there are reports of investigations from the North Atlatic Ocean and from fresh water. Various papers include numerous examples of the relationships between fish abundance trends and the environment.

To date, research on the economic implications of climate change on fisheries has been both limited and fragmented. The contributors to this volume remedy the lack of attention by investigating the economic consequences of pelagic fish fluctuations in the recent past in order to understand how to adapt and respond to future climate changes.

The first comprehensive review of the current and future effects of climate change on the world’s fisheries and aquaculture operations The first book of its kind, Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture explores the impacts of climate change on global fisheries resources and on marine aquaculture. It also offers expert suggestions on possible adaptations to reduce those impacts. The world's climate is changing more rapidly than scientists had envisioned just a few years ago, and the potential impact of climate change on world food production is quite alarming. Nowhere is the sense of alarm more keenly felt than among those who study the warming of the world's oceans. Evidence of the dire effects of climate change on fisheries and fish farming has now mounted to such an extent that the need for a book such as this has become urgent. A landmark publication devoted exclusively to how climate change is affecting and is likely to affect commercially vital fisheries and aquaculture operations globally, Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture provides scientists and fishery managers with a summary of and reference point for information on the subject which has been gathered thus far. Covers an array of critical topics and assesses reviews of climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture from many countries, including Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Chile, US, UK, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, India and others Features chapters on the effects of climate change on pelagic species, cod, lobsters, plankton, macroalgae, seagrasses and coral reefs Reviews the spread of diseases, economic and social impacts, marine aquaculture and adaptation in aquaculture under climate change Includes special reports on the Antarctic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea Extensive references throughout the book make this volume both a comprehensive text for general study and a reference/guide to further research for fisheries scientists, fisheries managers, aquaculture personnel, climate change specialists, aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate biologists, physiologists, marine biologists, economists, environmentalist biologists and planners.

Introduction / Nature A. McGinnForeword / Ronald C. BairdOverview of the Symposium / Brian J. Shuter, Robert F. Carline and Nature A. McGinnSignals from Ice Cover Trends and Variability / John J. MagnusonGlobal Warming Influences on Water Levels, Ice, and Chemical and Biological Cycles in Lakes: Some Examples / Brent M. LofgrenImpacts of Sea Level Rise on Tidal Wetlands and Shallow-Water Habitats: A Case Study from Chesapeake Bay / J. Court Stevenson, Michael S. Kearney and Evamaria W. KochEffects of Temperature, Global Extremes, and Climate Change on Year-Class Production of Warmwater, Coolwater, and Coldwater Fishes in the Great Lakes Basin / John M. CasselmanClimate Change: Implications for Fish Growth Performance in the Great Lakes / Stephen B. Brandt, Doran M. Mason, Michael J. McCormick, Brent Lofgren, Timothy S. Hunter and Jeffrey A. TylerClimate Change, Freshwater Fish, and Fisheries: Case Studies from Ontario and Their Use in Assessing Potential Impacts / Brian J. Shuter, Charles K. Minns and Nigel LesterChanging Fish Biodiversity: Predicting the Loss of Cyprind Biodiversity Due to Global Climate Change / Donald A. Jackson and Nicholas E. MandrakUsing Current Biogeographic Limits to Predict Fish Distributions Following Climate Change / Frank J. RahelA Review of the Role of Climate Variability in the Decline of Northern Cod / K. F. DrinkwaterInfluence of Rising Sea Temperature on Commercial Bivalve Species of the U.S. Atlantic Coast / James R. Weinberg, Thomas G. Dahlgren and Kenneth M. HalanychReef Faunal Response to Warming Middle U.S. Continental Shelf Waters / R. O. Parker, Jr. and R. L. DixonDecadal Oscillations and Regime Shifts, a Characterization of the Chesapeake Bay Marine Climate / Herbert M. AustinFuture Consequences of Climate Change for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Its Fisheries / Robert J. Wood, Donald F. Boesch and Victor S. KennedyPotential Consequences of Climate Change for the Fish Resources in the Mid-Atlantic Region / David G. MountainClimate Variability and Pacific Sardine Populations and Fisheries / G. A. McFarlane, P. E. Smith, T. R. Baumgartner and J. R. HunterDynamic Response of California Current Populations to Environmental Variability / Louis W. Botsford, Cathryn A. Lawrence, M. Forrest Hill, Alan Hastings and Kevin S. McCannEffects of Climate and Stock Size on the Productivity of Pacific Halibut / William G. Clark and Steven R. HareThe Role of Climate in the Past, Present, and Future of Pacific Salmon Fisheries off the West Coast of Canada / Richard J. Beamish and Donald J. NoakesCooperating with the Environment: Case Studies of Climate and Fisheries in the Northern California Current / John C. Field and Robert C. FrancisUncertainty in Scenarios of Human-Caused Climate Change / Nathan J. Mantua and Philip W. MoteA Future of Adapting to Climate Change and Variability / John J. MagnusonSymposium and Contributed Paper Session AbstractsReport from the Stakeholders? Forum on Fisheries and Climate ChangeBibliography of Climate Change-Related Papers in AFS Journals.

Global warming and climate change are growing environmental concerns which are much in the scientific, governmental and public eye. The potential impact on freshwater and marine fishes is immense, because most fish have no physiological ability to regulate their body temperature. This volume focuses on the effects of temperature at all levels of organization in fish, with particular emphasis on physiological function: cells, epithelia, organ systems, the whole organism, reproduction, behaviour, pollutant interactions, ecology and population dynamics, with each chapter written by experts in the field. Many chapters also speculate on the long-term physiological and ecological implications to fish of a 2-4°C global warming scenario. Researchers and graduate students in the areas of animal physiology and behaviour, environmental toxicology, population ecology and fisheries biology and management will find this volume of particular interest.

Plans for an International Symposium on the Early Life History of Fish were first discussed in 1967 at the F. A. O. Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research {A. C. M. R. R. }. It was considered that studies on fish eggs and larvae were of value in estimating the size of fish stocks, in appraising the stock-recruitment relationship, and in helping to answer questions on the systematics and taxonomy of fish. An A. C. M. R. R. Working Party recommended in 1969 that a Symposium should be held and after discussion with the International Associa tion of Biological Oceanography {I. A. B. O. } Dr. J. H. S. Blaxter of the Scottish Marine Biological Association {S. M. B. A. } agreed to con vene the meeting with the help of a steering committee. Various in ternational agencies were interested in the meeting and agreed to sponsor it in various ways. These agencies included F. A. O. , I. A. B. O. , the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea {I. C. E. S. } and the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research {S. C. O. R. }. In the final event F. A. O. supported the meeting by publishing the abstracts beforehand, providing travel funds for participants and publishing a report after the meeting. I. A. B. O. and S. C. O. R. provided travel funds and the Royal Society of London and S. M. B. A.